Lions honor individuals, groups for servie

Marian Perrin didn't know about the Stanton Lions Club's Helen Keller Volunteer Service Award two months ago. But the volunteer work she does as part of the Harbor Mesa Lions Club was enough to be noticed. Perrin has spent more than 1,800 volunteer hours giving eye and hearing examinations to 65,000 children at area schools. Perrin got involved with volunteer work in 1982, when she retired from her job at the Coast Community College District. Because her husband was a Lion, she knew about the mobile unit, equipped with vision and hearing testing equipment. "We've done it every year since. I'm sure now they would say they couldn't manage without," she said. "The Lions are best known for helpmg the sight-impaired," Lion Neal Hopkins said. "We like to honor individuals who have gone beyond that." The Lions also gave Memorial Fund Awards to nine organizations Thursday night. They are: the Stanton Cham of Commerce, the American Cross, Western High School, i cho Alamitos High School, Stai Little League, the Stanton Rection Department, the Sava School District, the Stanton E and Girls Club and the Lion's dents Speakers Foundation.